VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet East, AT&T SportsNet – PT
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Penguins this season: Oct. 28 (5-1 W vs PIT), Jan. 10 (away).
• The Canucks are 43-65-11-4 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 15-38-7-1 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Pittsburgh (2-3-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Luke Schenn leads the team in games played (33) against the Penguins (2-9-11 in those games).
• J.T. Miller leads active Canucks skaters in career points against the Penguins with 17 (9-8-17) in 24 games.
• Brock Boeser has 10 points (7-3-10) in eight career games against the Penguins.
• Bo Horvat has 10 points (6-4-10) in 14 career games against the Penguins.
• Ilya Mikheyev tallied each of his two career points against the Penguins (0-2-2 in 3 career GP) earlier this season.
• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .971 save percentage in one career game vs Pittsburgh.
• Collin Delia has yet to face Pittsburgh in his career.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last eight games.
• Bo Horvat has 13 points (7-6-13) in his last seven games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 14 points (6-8-14) in his last 14 games.
• J.T. Miller has five points (2-3-5) in his last three games.
• Spencer Martin is 6-3-1 with a .898 save percentage on the road this season.
LAST MEETING – OCT. 28/22: VAN 5 vs PIT 1
Tanner Pearson opened the scoring with his first goal of the season at 13:52 in the first period, with Ilya Mikheyev and Conor Garland drawing the assists…Bo Horvat added to Vancouver’s lead with a power play tally off the rush just 32 seconds into the second period…Andrei Kuzmenko recorded the lone assist before contributing with a goal of his own at 10:28 in the third period…Horvat deflected home his second power play goal of the evening on a point shot from Oliver Ekman-Larsson at 16:42 in the third period…J.T. Miller potted the empty-net goal at 17:50 in the final frame, with Tyler Myers and Guillaume Brisebois (first NHL point) recording the assists…Horvat (2-0-2), Mikheyev (0-2-2) and Kuzmenko (1-1-2) all registered multi-point outings…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (4), blocks (4), and picked up an assist…Spencer Martin continued his personal eight-game point streak (4-0-4) with 34 saves.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN PIT
Goals For/Game 3.38 (9th) 3.26 (t-11th)
Goals Against/Game 3.90 (31st) 3.00 (t-15th)
Power Play % 24.8 (9th) 20.6 (t-18th)
Penalty Kill % 68.1 (32nd) 83.9 (3rd)
Penalty Min./Game 9:50 (22nd) 7:29 (3rd)
*Rankings are accurate as of 2:00pm PT on January 9, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 8/23: VAN 4 at WPG 7
J.T. Miller scored the first goal for the Canucks at 15:14 in the first, for his 250th point as a Canuck…Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko recorded assists on the play…Jack Studnicka tied the game at two to close out the first…Luke Schenn and Dakota Joshua were credited with assists…Spencer Martin entered the game in relief for starter Collin Delia…Bo Horvat bought the game within one Vancouver Canucks: Media Notes
with his 29th goal of the season…Miller and Ethan Bear got the helpers…Sheldon Dries tied the game up again at 9:26 in the second…Miller registered his first 3+ point game of the season with the first assist and Conor Garland got the second assist…The Canucks recorded zero penalties in the contest…Pettersson led the team in shots (6)…Schenn and Curtis Lazar led the team in hits (6).
LAST 5 vs PITTSBURGH
• Oct. 28/22: VAN 5 vs PIT 1
• Dec. 4/21: VAN 1 vs PIT 4
• Nov. 24/21: VAN 1 at PIT 4
• Dec. 21/19: VAN 4 vs PIT 1
• Nov. 27/19: VAN 6 at PIT 8
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:
LAST 2 GAMES
Jan. 8: Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 1 – Mullet Arena
PIT Goals: Guentzel (2), Zucker, Carter
Multiple Points: Crosby (2A), Guentzel (2G)
Goalie: DeSmith (23 saves, 24 shots)
Key Stats: Jake Guentzel’s second multi-goal game of the season helped snap a six-game winless streak (0-4-2).
PP: 0-6
PK: 2-2
Jan. 5: Vegas 5, Pittsburgh 2 – T-Mobile Arena
PIT Goals: Smith, Crosby
Multiple Points: Crosby (1G-1A), Guentzel (2A)
Goalie: DeSmith (26 saves, 31 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season for the 15th time in his career.
PP: 0-3
PK: 0-1
INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
D Jeff Petry Upper-Body 11 11
F Josh Archibald Lower-Body 8 9
D Kris Letang Lower-Body 4 10
F Ryan Poehling Upper-Body 3 8
G Tristan Jarry Lower-Body 2 2
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 72
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Jan. 3 G Dustin Tokarski recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL
Jan. 3 D Kris Letang’s status changed to non-roster.
Dec. 30 F Ryan Poehling activated off of injured reserve.
Dec. 30 F Drake Caggiula re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Canucks: 69-41-13
In Pittsburgh: 39-14-8
In Vancouver: 30-27-5
OT Record vs. Canucks: 7-2-4
Shootout Record vs. Canucks: 4-0
2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh is 0-1-0
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. CANUCKS:
Mario Lemieux – 28GP, 61 PTS (26G-35A)
Jean Pronovost – 35GP, 39 PTS (22G-17A)
Rick Kehoe – 32GP, 37 PTS (19G-18A)
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Penguins return home to the friendly confines of PPG Paints Arena as they take on the Vancouver Canucks (TV: AT&T SportsNet; Radio: 105.9 The X).
- The Penguins are 8-4-1 overall in their last 13 games versus the Canucks.
- Here at home, Pittsburgh has points in five of its last six games versus Vancouver (4-1-1). Going back further, they are 6-2-1 in their last nine home games against them dating back to Nov. 17, 2010.
- The Penguins are 6-1-0 at home against Western Conference opponents this season.
- The Penguins have won eight of their last nine games versus Western Conference opponents. They are 10-6-0 versus the West this season.
